New Year’s eve 2012 at the cabin was a full house, possibly setting a new record for visitors, but certainly the most family member’s we’ve had at once. Along with the usual McClellands and Wassermanns, Beth and Robert Rust were up to bring in the new year with Matt home from Turkey with his newish wife, Kaitlyn. Kaitlyn’s family joined us too, bringing the number to

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Something’s up… It’s April Fools Day and the day is nearly over and no one has even made a feeble attempt to pass off a gag or practical joke. I don’t trust my family. Just because I’m paranoid doesn’t mean they’re not planning something.

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Burried deep in the damp basement of McClellandFamily.com we keep a box of old archived blog posts. Every so often we dig them out, blow off the dust and publish them here on the new and improved blog. (They were originally posted in that sappy old blog with that racist logo.) Rather than leaving them there to perish or simply bringing them forward to this blog and filing them by date where you would never see them (honestly, does anyone really read posts from 5 or 6 years ago?) we file them here under a catchy title usually with the word “archive” in it. That’s a hint: For you regular blog readers, search the word “archive” and you may see stuff you’ve never seen before. Here’s what we’ve brought out of that damp basement lately:

To my wife Lisa on Valentine’s Day 2005: A lover’s day poem written by Steve and a photo or her lipstick-written response! Originally posted February 14, 2005

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Mike and Jody treated us to a weekend in San Francisco, a Jimmy Buffet concert and the hotel room to boot.  We were joined by Gina and Connie for the night. This is the last known photo before “Wasted Away Again in Margaritaville.”  Thanks Mike and Jody! We had a blast.

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We made the trip to Fog Willow Pumpkin Farm for the second year in a row and met Mike and Jody and the kids. We also ran into former neighbors Staci and Kyle Karnow and their three little ones. The farm’s annual free event is getting quite large, and while it’s barely worth fighting the huge crowds , the magic hour just before sundown makes for some great photo op’s. I’m glad we went.

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Serene Lakes Days is a standard for this family. Once a year Serene Lakes families all get together to participate in events from horse shoes to three-legged races to running to cycling. This year was no different except for the fact that we didn’t participate in much. The adults spent the weekend working on the outdoor shower and refinishing the row boat.

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Jody Wassermann invited me to bring my unicycle, juggling pins, balls and my best skills to the Sacramento CCHAT Center (Children’s Choice for Hearing and Talking), Jody’s place of employment, to entertain and educate the kids.  I have to admit I was a bit nervous at first, but I kind of got into character and had a blast. Jody ad-libbed with me and we created an act on the fly. In another life I’m sure I was supposed to be a clown, but I’m just too shy in this life.

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Independence day was celebrated at the cabin with the Wassermanns and Petterle’s. Also Les, Dan, the Killers (Honestly, Amy when all three of us are together in one place at one time, can’t we manage to get a photo together?) Eva and Roger joined us with the kids for a couple of days too. It was a full house, but we had a fun week. We entered the usual float pulled by Mike’s jeep in the parade. Steve road the unicycle in the parade for the first time.

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On father’s day, I could think of nothing better to do than to spend the day at Folsom Lake with my two kids and 5 other father’s, all family and close friends. We had a blast and the day went by way too fast.

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